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BY THE REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 325 



Estimated Persons Annual rate to 

 Population. to an acre. Deaths. 1000 living. 



South Shields 68,514 446 26*0 



Gateshead 44,405 294 26-5 



Tynemouth 40,599 256 25'2 



October.^ 



A good nut year, a good corn year. 



— Old Proverbi. 



Greenwich. — During the month of October there were con- 

 stant alternations of temperature ; for two or three days toge- 

 ther it was in excess of the average, and for two or three days 

 in defect. On the whole month there was a deficiency averag- 

 ing J° daily. 



The mean temperature was 49'8°, being 0-1° higher than the 

 average of 99 years, higher than the corresponding values in 

 1869, 1868, and 1867, but lower than in any previous year back 

 to 1854, when 49*4° was recorded. 



During the first few days of the month of October the read- 

 ings of the barometer were generally high, and the mean daily 

 values above the average, but after the 7th low readings were 

 recorded, and the mean daily values were in defect of the aver- 

 age. The range of pressure was 1-65 inches. The fall of rain 

 was 0*5 inch in excess. 



Wallington. — Dry weather up to the 5th. Fine mild month 

 throughout, with only a few stormy days. Rain fell on twenty- 

 three days. The highest maximum temperature was on the 4th, 

 64°. The lowest minimum on the 5th, 28°. 



North Sunderland. — The barometrical variations were very 

 great. There were several displays of the Aurora Borealis, es- 

 pecially magnificent on the 25th. Rain on seventeen days. 



Wylam. — A very changeable month, but fine on the whole. 

 On the 24th a very fine display of Aurora Borealis, seen all over 

 England, and in North America, and again on the 25th, the 

 streams of light springing very much from the S.E. and S., and 

 concentrating in streaks of white, sometimes tinged with rose 



